1937 Dartmouth Indians football team

1937 Dartmouth Indians football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 7
Record7–0–2
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial Field
1937 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Pittsburgh   –   9 – 0 – 1
No. 6 Villanova   –   8 – 0 – 1
No. 3 Fordham   –   7 – 0 – 1
No. 7   –   7 – 0 – 2
No. T–14 Holy Cross   –   8 – 0 – 2
St. Thomas (PA)   –   6 – 1 – 1
No. 12 Yale   –   6 – 1 – 1
Army   –   7 – 2 – 0
Boston University   –   6 – 2 – 0
Cornell   –   5 – 2 – 1
Harvard   –   5 – 2 – 1
Syracuse   –   5 – 2 – 1
CCNY   –   5 – 2 – 0
No. 12 Manhattan   –   6 – 3 – 1
Penn State   –   5 – 3 – 0
Duquesne   –   6 – 4 – 0
Brown   –   5 – 4 – 0
NYU   –   5 – 4 – 0
Temple   –   3 – 2 – 4
Boston College   –   4 – 4 – 1
Bucknell   –   3 – 3 – 2
Buffalo   –   4 – 4 – 0
Princeton   –   4 – 4 – 0
Tufts   –   3 – 4 – 1
Colgate   –   3 – 5 – 0
Columbia   –   2 – 5 – 2
Hofstra   –   2 – 4 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   2 – 5 – 1
Penn   –   2 – 5 – 1
Providence   –   2 – 6 – 0
Vermont   –   2 – 6 – 0
La Salle   –   2 – 7 – 0
Massachusetts State   –   1 – 7 – 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1937 Dartmouth Indians football team represented Dartmouth College in the 1937 college football season. The Indians were led by fourth-year head coach Earl Blaik and played their home games at Memorial Field in Hanover, New Hampshire. The Indians finished undefeated with a record of 7–0–2, finishing No. 7 in the final AP Poll, their highest ever finish.[1][2] Dartmouth was invited to play in the 1938 Rose Bowl, but declined the invitation.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25BatesW 39–0
October 2Amherst
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 31–7
October 9Springfield
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 42–0
October 16at BrownW 41–0
October 23at HarvardNo. 18W 20–250,000[4]
October 30at No. 5 YaleNo. 9T 9–9
November 6at PrincetonNo. 9W 33–9
November 13CornellNo. 5
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH (rivalry)
T 6–6
November 20at ColumbiaNo. 9W 27–0
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. ^ "1937 Final AP Football Poll". CollegePollArchive.com. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  2. ^ "Dartmouth Big Green School History". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  3. ^ DeGange, Jack (September 25, 2007). "When Dartmouth Declined the Rose Bowl". DartmouthSports.com. Dartmouth College Varsity Athletics. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  4. ^ "Indians 20, Harvard 2". New York Daily News. October 24, 1937. p. 90 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "1937 Dartmouth Big Green Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 13, 2017.